Mr. Corona – Page 6 – Bob Ike’s blog

drugs

actually, those 95 authors did provide a table of the drugs they’ve tested which show promise against coronavirus. Here it is. I fear the structure of the table has not survived the paste. I refer the interested reader back to the URL in my last blog post. Take it as a demonstration of the amazingContinue reading “drugs”

Look out Mr. Corona, here comes Science

The latest piece of COVID-19 information circulating in my Division Monday was a pre-print of a manuscript submitted to Nature (perhaps the world’s most highly regarded scientific journal) regarding the results of a molecular tour de force investigation of COVID-19’s protein components and the human proteins with which they interact, examining properties of existing drugsContinue reading “Look out Mr. Corona, here comes Science”

Hands off My Plaquenil?

My young friend Jason, research superstar and damn fine doctor to boot (see “shameless plugs” 2/22/20), is married to Sara, a science writer. Sara has spent the last little while researching how the patients Jason and I look after see the new interest in one of their mainstay drugs – Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) – as aContinue reading “Hands off My Plaquenil?”

Treating COVID-19

On March 4th, in a 9 page (once translated) document, the Chinese Health and Public Health Ministry put out their 6th revision of its Guideline on Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Diagnosis and Treatment. I put the full guidelines on my blog Thursday. Only 2 small sections mentioned anything about drug treatment. But they have foundContinue reading “Treating COVID-19”

testing

My dear former English teacher is a constant source of inspiration. She sent me an article about new drive up coronavirus testing in the San Mateo valley. I guess you just drive up, roll down your window, and stick your nose out to have it swabbed by the friendly health care worker in the window.Continue reading “testing”

Tonic?

After reading yesterday’s blog on corona, my high school English teacher Mrs. Pharriss was particularly taken by the part on possible treatment of the virus with Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine), derived from quinine. She asked if tonic water might help. I have the answer. This is what I wrote back to Mrs. Pharriss. Now you’re giving meContinue reading “Tonic?”